MS Dhoni's return as captain in IPL 2025 was not good and he failed to show his bat in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Chennai Super Kings under the leadership of the greatest captain Dhoni, who took over the captaincy after being ruled out of the entire tournament due to the injury of captain Rituraj Gaikwad, did not improve the batting of Chennai Super Kings. But Dhoni himself could not do anything this time and was dealt with cheaply. However, the way he was out, he raised controversy.

Dhoni returned to the IPL after about 683 days as a captain with this match played on Friday 11 April in Chepock. Chennai, who has already lost 4 out of 5 matches in this season, was expected that Dhoni's return as captain will bring new energy again and the players' enthusiasm will increase but it did not happen and once again the batsmen disappointed badly. Even Dhoni could not contribute to the team with the bat this time.

However, the way Dhoni was out, he raised questions. Batting earlier, Chennai lost 7 wickets for just 72 runs in the 15th over. In such a situation, Dhoni once again came for batting at number 9. The fans hoped that Dhoni would handle the team by putting some big shots but he was also dismissed in the next over. Once again spinner Sunil Narine hunted him. On the third ball of the 16th over, there was a LBW appeal against Dhoni, on which the umpire gave him out.

Dhoni immediately took DRS and there was all the controversy here. The third umpire took the help of the Snecometer to take a decision, then it showed that when the ball was close to Dhoni's bat, there was some action on the Snicometer. From this, it seemed that Dhoni would get relief and he would be saved from being out. But as soon as the umpire said that the ball did not hit the bat, everyone was surprised. After this, it was clear in the ball tracking that the ball was looking at the stumps and hence he was given out. Dhoni could score only 1 run after playing 4 balls.

(The news is updated)